World Surveillance Group Inc (fka WSGI)

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WarpCore61 & Mide..check here first:

Yes, it may well be that those funds by the DOD are earmarked towards Sanswire work in Stuttgart, based on strong DOD interest in this project and the timing of the change in funding request and Stuttgart event.

But, there is also very compelling evidence that this money, rather than going to fund a foreign project (Stratellite) already being executed WITHOUT US funds, is being used by the HiSentinnel program.

Refer here to the wording you provided Warp:

“Ongoing efforts have considered whether HAA can effectively and efficiently perform persistent 24/7 surveillance of U.S. East and Gulf coasts,” the notice continues. “The platform . . . would offer long-term persistent performance at a lower cost when compared with existing or projected systems. This funding demonstration would evaluate the HAA’s effectiveness at 60,000 feet; its ability to carry a 50-pound payload; and its endurance, reusability and speed.”

Now please refer to the article provided by Sami1327 (that referenced our CEO Leinwand) here:

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=32312781


Quote from piece:
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"A HiSentinel20 reached an altitude of 74,000 feet in November 2005. “In the history of airships, there have only been two high-altitude flights without propulsion, and the Hisentinel20 is the second one ever,” said Mike Lee, force enhancement branch chief in the Space Division, of the Space and Missile Defense Technical Center.
In June, the Army launched the HiSentinel50, the successor to the HiSentinel20, at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. This second solar-powered craft was larger (180 feet compared to 134 feet) and able to carry more weight (50 pounds compared to 20 pounds). The HiSentinel100, scheduled to fly in November 2009, will be larger still and carry a payload of 100 pounds."
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And further Warp, as for the timing of the DOD request, compare it to this event:


Stratospheric airship crashes here
By DWAIN LAIR
Times Staff ” [e-mail]
08/06/2008
Updated 08/13/2008 02:06:04 AM CDT
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Joel Hartlerode's eyes may have blinked in wonder about dusk Wednesday, June 4.

A giant balloon, like space vehicles imagined by science-fiction writer Jules Verne more than 100 years ago in "Master of the World," floated past the family's house near Compton.

He videoed a "huge, long floating balloon," according to his mother, Diane Hartlerode. His video recorded the time as 8:23 p.m. June 4 (2008).

The video shoes the balloon changing position, first horizontal, then vertical, with what appears to be an antenna pointing downward.

She said the family watched the balloon until it went over the slope and out of sight, descending in the direction of property owned by Ronnie Ramsey.

Sunday afternoon, July 20, Ronnie Ramsey rode a tractor on his farm near Hill Top, clipping grass and weeds on roads and fields. Easing down a steep slope, he spotted what looked like a long tarp. He thought it must have blown off a neighbor's round hay bales.

Closer investigation revealed the lines of a tall balloon, a carcass he estimated at 75 yards long.

He eventually located a part number and manufacturer on an electronic component connected to the balloon. The manufacturer said four identical electronic components had been sold since 2000 and all to Southwest Research Institute.

A phone call to the San Antonio, Texas-based company answered his questions, and the phone call ended Southwest Research Institute's hunt for the balloon.

According to William Perry and Steve Smith of Southwest Research Institute, the stratospheric airship failed about noon June 4 (2008), descended near Roswell, N.M., and was pierced by a barbed-wire fence. They said high winds tore the airship free from its 400 to 450-pound pod. Without guidance or GPS tracking equipment, the balloon ascended into the jet stream, where it traveled from near Roswell to Hill Top in about eight hours.

At 180 feet long and 40 feet in diameter, they said the HiSentinel50 that landed in Boone County isn't one of their larger airships. But the solar-powered, self-propelled airship is capable of cruising in the stratosphere at 65,000 feet.

It is being designed for use by the Department of Defense, Homeland Security and other agencies that need to carry payloads into the stratosphere, anything from spy satellites to disaster relief.

The craft is called a HiSentinel stratospheric airship, and the hull is sewn by Aerostar International. The exterior resembles a dirigible like the Hindenburg, but the interior isn't supported by a metal frame. Perry and Smith said the hull is partially inflated with helium at launch. Rising vertically like a tall, thin balloon, the helium expands. When the hull is completely filled, the craft has a rigid aerodynamic shape and stretches out horizontally.

In late 2005, Southwest Research Institute, in a project supported by Aerostar International and the Air Force Research Laboratory, reportedly launched a 146-foot-long airship with a 60-pound equipment pod from Roswell, and it attained an altitude of 74,000 feet.

Designed for launch from remote sites, these airships don't require large hangars or special facilities. "There are a number of stratospheric airship programs being promoted around the world, but this is the first of these programs to successfully fly a real airship in near-space," Perry said in 2005, speaking as assistant director of Space Systems.

Southwest designed the airship and provided the telemetry, flight control, power and propulsion systems. Aerostar International fabricated the hull and participated in the integration and test flight. Air Force Research Laboratory developed the launch system, provided facilities and supported the launch and recovery.

Perry and Smith recovered the solar panel Monday evening, and were joined by Aerostar International representatives Tuesday morning as they recovered the damaged airship. Treetops on Ramsey's property apparently had pulled the solar panel off the airship about 200 feet south of where the airship eventually landed. The fabric was threaded between trees, with the tail twisted and its attached fins wrapped around the top of a tree.

The HiSentinel50 that landed on Ramsey's farm is in a class of long-endurance autonomous solarelectric, stratospheric airships capable of lifting small to medium payloads to near-space altitudes for durations of longer than 30 days for communications, military and scientific applications.

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Now, please, draw your own conclusions.......

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